The Family-Run Chinese Restaurant That Spawned A Nationwide Chain - Chowhound

Allison H. Smith/Shutterstock No matter how many smiling faces and arm-in-arm employees or employers we see in commercials or promotional videos, we tend to think of fast food chains as run by faceless holding companies or international corporations. But most had humble origins with individual owners. Ray Kroc bought a small chain from the MacDonald brothers, while brothers Dan and Frank Carney launched Pizza Hut…